• jsomae@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    Probability of nuclear war rises with number of states having nukes. It’s best to keep that number as low as possible, so I would not think it wise for Greenland to have nukes. It would not be a sin for Iran to have them, though, given Iran’s allies aren’t exactly offering a nuclear umbrella.

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      10 hours ago

      That is the conventional wisdom. Wisdom written by people with nukes who can’t stop bullying everyone else.

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        7 hours ago

        the conventional wisdom checks out to me. Sometimes bullies happen to be right.

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      10 hours ago

      best to keep the number low

      Yeah it would be cool if Ukraine was a positive example of what happens when you surrender your nuclear weapons.

      How about we all just agree to glass any religious fanatics, especially ethnostates, that get their hands on the things?